LEXINGTON, Ky. — Wabash College won 12 of 13 events Friday evening to cruise to a 183-55 men’s swimming and diving victory over Transylvania University. Aidan Gubbins, Ryan West and Ozzy Jankowski each captured two individual victories to lead the Little Giants.
Gubbins swept the distance freestyle events, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:39.20 and the 500 freestyle in 5:13.36. West added victories in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:19.92 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.31.
Jankowski captured the 200-yard freestyle with a winning time of 1:44.37 and finished first in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.94. Carter Ramsey (1:52.36) and Mason Gilliam (1:52.91) followed Jankowski to the finish in the 200 freestyle to give Wabash a sweep of the top three places. Lew Sams added a third-place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.41.
Brody Page claimed first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.20, while Quinn Sweeney won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.71. William Renie added a victory in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 50.67. Gilliam finished second in the event with a time of 53.32.
Michael Cruzado led the Wabash divers with a first-place finish on the 1-meter board, scoring 172.05 points. Cruzado added a second-place finish in the 3-meter competition with 151.68 points. Liam Fuller placed third in both events, scoring 143.18 points on the 1-meter board and 131.78 on the 3-meter board. Alexander Madeira finished fourth on the 1-meter board with 128.70 points, while Fox Seebach placed fourth in the 3-meter competition with 121.43 points.
The Little Giants opened the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay. Page, Sweeney, Charlie Renie and West combined for a winning time of 1:40.97. Wabash closed the meet by claiming the top four places in the 200-yard freestyle relay. William Renie, Jankowski, Jace Caldwell and Christian Kropf won the event in 1:32.07. Charlie Renie, Sweeney, Sams and Mark Berger finished second in 1:33.17, followed by Jacob Norman, Page, Ramsey and Gilliam in third at 1:35.64. Owen Thomas, Zach Baty, AJ Lawler and John Crady placed fourth in 1:37.30.
Wabash also swept the top three places in the 1,000 freestyle. Norman finished second behind Gubbins with a time of 11:07.45, followed by Aidan Kingery in third at 12:57.82. Ryan McCollum added a runner-up finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:17.45. Caldwell placed third in the 50 freestyle (23.82), while Lawler took third in the 400 individual medley (4:33.87). Ramsey added a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.75.
The Little Giants return to action Saturday, Nov. 7, with an 11 a.m. double-dual meet against Franklin College and Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
